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I remember hearing there is not enough lithium in the world for all of Tesla's ambitions. They're hoping for battery revolutions
by otp124 9y ago
I remember hearing there is not enough lithium in the world for all of Tesla's ambitions. They're hoping for battery revolutions
- Baeocystin 9y agoI found an excellent Quora answer that dealt directly with this. Well worth a look-over. https://www.quora.com/Is-there-enough-lithium-in-the-world-to-replace-all-petroleum-cars-with-battery-electric-vehicles-How-many-car-battery-packs-can-we-manufacture-given-the-resources-available https://www.quora.com/Is-there-enough-lithium-in-the-world-t... tl;dr- Lithium supply (in terms of raw quantity of element available) is not going to be an issue, ever. Economical extraction might be.
- eru 9y agoAnd you can make batteries out of other materials. At current prices lithium might be best, but more demand will lead to different prices; and if lithium supply doesn't pick up, people will substitute.